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Ask Ringo Starr about his decades-long love affair with Ludwig drums. Go ahead; we did. You’re guaranteed to smile. What’s more, the Beatles drummer also gave two thumbs up (and playfully ...
Ringo Starr told The Charlotte Observer he was first interested in Ludwig drums in 1963 because they were made in America. “They’ve never let me down,” he said over 60 years later.
Based in NC for decades, Ludwig still makes all his drums. Beatles drummer Ringer Starr and drum historian Gary Astridge new book Beats & Threads covers Ringo’s 1960s Ludwig drums and his fashion.
Ringo Starr on his “Jelly Bean” drum kit, playing a Ludwig drum set comprised of individual drums from his kits of the last 15 years. Starr and his band are coming to Charlotte in June.
Courtesy/William Ludwig III: William F. Ludwig III, right, is pictured in 2015 presenting Ringo Starr with the first snare drum manufactured by his company, WFL III Drums.
Ringo Starr told The Charlotte Observer he was first interested in Ludwig drums in 1963 because they were made in America. “They’ve never let me down,” he said over 60 years later.
Ringo Starr told The Charlotte Observer he was first interested in Ludwig drums in 1963 because they were made in America. “They’ve never let me down,” he said over 60 years later.
Ringo Starr is playing his Ludwig Hollywood Maple drum kit here. Courtesy Apple Corps Ltd./Disney+/TNS On Sept. 5, 1964, The Beatles were playing a gig in Chicago, the then-hometown of Ludwig Drums.
Ringo Starr told The Charlotte Observer he was first interested in Ludwig drums in 1963 because they were made in America. “They’ve never let me down,” he said over 60 years later.